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United States Patent | 5,635,228 |
Sponholtz | June 3, 1997 |
Method of preparing cheese for distribution through first concentrating milk through separation of the whey and then adding additives necessary for cheese production, e.g. rennet, and packaging in distribution-ready packagings. Through concentrating the milk to such an extent that it is given the same DM content as is desired in the finished cheese (what is known as full concentration) the milk and the added additives can be packaged in such a manner that both the coagulation of the milk and forming and maturing of the cheese essentially occur entirely in the packagings.
Inventors: | Sponholtz; Per (Gentofte, DK) |
Assignee: | Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. (Pully, CH) |
Appl. No.: | 330103 |
Filed: | October 27, 1994 |
Nov 07, 1990[SE] | 90035403 |
Current U.S. Class: | 426/36; 426/34; 426/42; 426/580; 426/582 |
Intern'l Class: | A23C 009/12 |
Field of Search: | 426/34,35,36,37,38,39,40,42,43,580,582,426,431,478,490,491 |
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